> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # Forward-Deployed Engineer Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c0494c8c341ac8f1 Forum Ventures posts a FDE role to build what the customer runs in Chicago, IL and 1 more, at $150,000–$180,000 base, below the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,864 postings with pay. The Forward-Deployed Engineer embeds with enterprise trucking fleets to understand operational workflows and deliver working software, integrations, and agent workflows. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Forum Ventures](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/forum-ventures) Posted Sep 2, 2026 by Forum Ventures · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026 **$150,000–$180,000** Chicago, IL +1 Hybrid Full-time The Forward-Deployed Engineer embeds with enterprise trucking fleets to understand operational workflows and deliver working software, integrations, and agent workflows. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2Fc0494c8c341ac8f1&placement=top) - [View posting at Forum Ventures](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/forum-ventures/53ea900b-c739-43a7-b451-7e7ae3de3117/application) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## At a glance ### Posted base pay $150K–$180K Below the median Midpoint $165K · median $190K This job $150K to $180K. Senior FDE postings, 1,864 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K. ### The work Builds what the customer runs Balance **Mostly building** Project stages 1. Pre-sales (not covered) 2. Proof of concept (not covered) 3. Implementation 4. Operations (not covered) Travel **Required, amount not stated** - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Individual contributor ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The job is in Chicago, IL · Omaha, NE. Could you work in one of these? Which of these have you used in production? Answer each one. Nothing is saved or sent. [What postings ask for, by background →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths) ## Conditions - **Location**: Chicago, IL · Omaha, NE - **Work arrangement**: Hybrid - **Remote work restrictions**: Chicago, IL or Omaha; travel to customer fleet sites - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Travel**: Travel required, amount not stated - **Pay**: ## More like this [Capgemini](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/capgemini) ### [Capgemini Invent - Senior Consultant, Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0014ace4470c3ce5) Seattle, WA · New York, NY · +4 more 2mo ago $112,600–$212,700 [PwC (US)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pwc-us) ### [Forward Deployed Software Engineer-Palantir Foundry-Senior Associate](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8f2f106eae6e8759) Chicago, IL · Raleigh, NC · +57 more Hybrid 2w ago $77,000–$202,000 [Accordion](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accordion) ### [Senior Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/72a07d97973bb794) Boston, MA · Charlotte, NC · +4 more Hybrid 1mo ago $110,000–$200,000 ## The job description from Forum Ventures Posted by Forum Ventures on Sep 2, 2026 **Full-time · Chicago, IL** (with travel to customer fleet sites) or **Omaha ** ### About Elmeeda Elmeeda is the decision and coordination layer for American trucking. Every fleet runs 5–12 systems that don't talk to each other - telematics, TMS, maintenance, fuel, compliance - and today the fleet manager is the integration. Our AI reads every system and acts: when a truck throws a fault code 600 miles from base, Elmeeda assesses severity, picks the shop, calls the vendor, books the bay, files the warranty claim, recovers the load, and notifies the customer. We're live across multiple contracted fleets and deploying with a top-10 US carrier (10,000+ trucks). We're a Palantir Startup Fellowship company, winners of Palantir's DevCon hackathon, and backed by investors across AI, defense ontology, and fleet innovation. ### The role This is not a build-from-the-office job. You'll embed directly with enterprise fleet customers, sitting with maintenance directors, dispatchers, and shop managers to understand their workflows, then ship working software the same week. You'll build integrations across telematics, TMS and maintenance systems, design agent workflows on top of messy real-world fleet data, and own deployments end to end: from first discovery conversation to production running on thousands of trucks. ### Must-have - Real logistics/trucking/supply chain experience, you've worked in or built for fleets, carriers, brokers, 3PLs, or fleet maintenance and understand how trucking operations actually run - Expert, daily-driver fluency with AI-native development tools, Claude Code, Codex, and agentic coding workflows are how you build, not something you're "familiar with." You should be able to demonstrate this live - Strong full-stack engineering with a bias for integrations: REST/webhook APIs, data pipelines, third-party systems (telematics, TMS, maintenance platforms) - Extremely high energy and customer-facing confidence, comfortable presenting to a VP of Maintenance in the morning and shipping the fix that afternoon - Extreme ownership, you run at ambiguity, don't wait for specs, and treat the customer's problem as yours ### Nice-to-have - Prior forward-deployed experience (Palantir-style FDE / deployment strategist, or equivalent embedded customer engineering) - GCP - Palantir AIP / Foundry, ontology-driven data modelling and operational AI - Voice AI: ElevenLabs and Twilio ### Why this role You'll be the first deployment-side engineering hire at a company going from first enterprise contract to industry standard, working directly with the founders. Your work runs on real trucks moving real freight from week one. [View posting at Forum Ventures](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/forum-ventures/53ea900b-c739-43a7-b451-7e7ae3de3117/application) ## About Forum Ventures Forum backs, accelerates, and co-builds early-stage B2B software companies through a pre-seed fund, accelerator, and AI venture studio. 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